Artistry

Innovative artists and gallery exhibits

Many artists have done self-portraits in mirrors, but Ilse Bing in her doubly mirrored 'Self-Portrait with Leica' from 1931. (photo print, collection of Michael Mattis and Judith Hochberg)

‘Street Photography to Surrealism’ at The Frick: How an Art Form Expanded Its Focus

The Frick Art Museum's show features striking photo art from France during the momentous years 1900 to 1945.

Some Thaddeus Mosley sculptures look like giant chess pieces with minds of their own, and they might be. (photo: Bryan Conley)

Art Speaks in Many Languages at the Carnegie International

The 57th edition of the International even speaks Pittsburghese, with local artists among the global galaxy in the show.

The Beatles could have written a song about this illustration of the girl with strawberry stamped hair. Andy Warhol, Woman (with Strawberry Stamps), 1950s, The Andy Warhol Museum, Pittsburgh, © The Andy Warhol Foundation for the Visual Arts, Inc.

‘Adman: Warhol Before Pop’: An Interesting Look at Warhol’s Early New York City Years

The Warhol is exhibiting a broad retrospective of Andy Warhol's initial work in New York City as an advertising designer and burgeoning artist.

Land of Visions: French Art in ‘Van Gogh, Monet, Degas’ at The Frick

The Frick Pittsburgh hosts an art show highlighting big themes and little-known gems from a time of great artistic ferment.

This ain't no disco: The humans in the Kurokawa/Novi_sad video 'Sirens' appear to be at a club or party. Yet something entirely else—and strange—is going on.

High Art, in Every Sense: Kurokawa’s Videos at Wood Street

Ryoichi Kurokawa is a Japanese electronic artist. The videos in his Pittsburgh show give the viewer a profound buzz.

Moshiri's 'Self-Portrait on Flying Carpet' (2009) is a dream, in every sense.

Pop Art in Dreamland: Moshiri’s ‘Go West’ Show at The Warhol

Iranian artist Farhad Moshiri's "second-generation pop art" generates cross-cultural waves—and casts a dreamlike spell.

International Velvet (Susan Bottomly) was a Warhol Superstar in the late 1960s.

Life, Liberty, and Pursuit of Fame: Warhol’s ‘Stars of the Silver Screen’

The new exhibit at the Warhol Museum is more than an art show; it's psycho-history.

‘The Frick Collects’: Stories Behind the Stories Behind the Art

The current exhibit at the Frick Art Museum takes you to other worlds and tells stories within stories.

Rial's photos capture visions of hope: Jalia, a girl from the Bright Kids Uganda orphanage, contemplates the waters on an outing to Lake Victoria. She lost both parents to AIDS and her goal is to be a surgeon.

New Martha Rial Photo Exhibit: Back to Africa, This Time for Promising News

The Pulitzer winner's Uganda pictures show children being lifted from a sea of troubles.

Prada. Wedge Sandal in Rosso, Bianco, and Nero Leather, Spring/Summer 2012. Courtesy of Prada USA Corp. Photo: Jay Zukerkorn.

‘Killer Heels’ To End Dazzling Nationwide Tour at The Frick Pittsburgh

Summer isn’t the only thing coming to a close. Killer Heels, which includes nearly 150 exclusive high-heeled shoes, ends in early September, making a visit to The Frick a must